Louisville Metro Police release bodycam footage of Old National Bank shooting

Police have released the terrifying bodycam footage of the moment officers confronted the suspected shooter inside the Old National Bank.

The Louisville Metro Police Department has released body camera footage of the moment officers confronted suspected shooter Connor Sturgeon inside the Old National Bank, the New York Post reports.

Sturgeon, 25, entered the Kentucky bank – where he was employed – on Monday at around 8.30am local time, armed with an AR-15 rifle he purchased last week, police said.

Connor Sturgeon opened fire inside Old National Bank, where he worked. Picture: Supplied.

Sturgeon is seen brandishing his weapon in body cam video. Picture: Supplied/LMPD

The banker opened fire at co-workers on the first floor of the building, killing five people and injuring nine.

LMPD officers Cory Galloway and rookie Nick Wilt were the first officers to arrive at the scene about two minutes later, where police said Sturgeon was waiting to “ambush” responding cops.

The officers exchanged gunfire with Sturgeon and footage released Tuesday shows Officer Galloway firing the fatal shots and killing him.

Officer Wilt was shot in the head and Galloway was grazed in the shoulder by a bullet in the exchange.

Officer Cory Galloway, who was grazed in the shoulder, out the front of the bank. Picture: Supplied/LMPD

A screen grab from police body cam footage shows an officer’s approach. Picture: Supplied/LMPD

In the first video released by cops, officers Wilt and Galloway approach the bank in a police cruiser. As they arrive and park outside the building, Sturgeon opens fire on them, forcing the officers to quickly pull the car back up.

Galloway arms himself with his police rifle from the trunk while Wilt only has his police revolver. Galloway confirms shots are being fired inside the bank as they run toward the lobby.

LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said Sturgeon had a better vantage point than the officers, who could not see into the lobby due to its tinted glass, the NY Post reports.

As Wilt and Galloway run up the steps and approach the front of the bank, nine shots are heard. Galloway, moving ahead, rolls over and then drops down the stairs and takes cover.

He is separated from Wilt, but it is understood, the NY Post reports, the younger officer was able to fire into the building despite being shot in the head

Here are our HERO Officers. Ofc. Nickolas Wilt (L) and Ofc. Cory "CJ" Galloway (R). Both are assigned to LMPD's First Division. Officer Wilt graduated on 3-31-23. Officer Galloway is a Training Officer and has been an Officer since 2018. #LMPD#Heroespic.twitter.com/Ai8lvJQBTh

— LMPD (@LMPD) April 11, 2023

At this point other officers are heard arriving on the scene.

Galloway says: “The shooter has an angle on that officer. We need to get up there, I don’t know where he’s at, the glass is blocking him.”

Officer Galloway can be seen trying to find an angle to shoot from as cars and officers arrive on the scene and attempt to rescue Wilt. Sturgeon fires at them as they do.

About a minute later, more shots can be heard. Galloway repeats “God, don’t have an angle,” then a pane of glass at the front of the bank is seen shattering. The officer moves slightly right and exchanges fire with Sturgeon, shooting four times.

He then shouts “I think I got him down, I think he’s down, get down on the floor now, get down the stairs.”

Police traded fire with Sturgeon, footage shows. Picture: Supplied/LMPD

As he then moves up the stairs he shouts “suspect down, get the officer”.

Galloway then steps through the broken glass on the floor into the bank and approaches Sturgeon, who is slumped on the floor with his left hand across his stomach and his rifle lying next to him. The building was then confirmed secure by police by 8:45am, about 15 minutes after the carnage began.

LMPD Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey reportedly said Officer Wilt, who had only been sworn into the force a week earlier, went into the situation and acted based on his “training and his character” and “did not hesitate even when being shot at”.

“This young man went back in to the line of fire in order to protect others, and you’re going to see that and how he made his decisions and how they ultimately protected other people’s lives,” he said, the NY Post reports.

Wilt, 26, was transported to hospital and underwent brain surgery on Monday, but the LMPD said he is in a critical but stable condition.

Officials identified the five victims killed in the spree as Tommy Elliott, 63, Jim Tutt, 64, Joshua Barrick, 40, Juliana Farmer, 45, and Deanna Eckert, 57.

Two victims remain in the ICU, including Wilt, who has undergone brain surgery and is still sedated.

This article was originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Louisville Metro Police release bodycam footage of Old National Bank shooting